A lifelong dream of owners Mark Craig, Kevin Cox and Rick Crowe, DC Prime delivers an inspired menu, a rich atmosphere and superior service. Our name was chosen to honor the rich heritage of our nation's capitol, and America’s unique privileges of freedom and choice.

Our mission: to provide dining and culinary excellence to every guest we serve.

We serve only USDA Prime Beef, which is the top 1% of all beef in the United States, chosen to meet or exceed our owners' rigid standards that include tenderness and taste. All of our beef is supplied by Consumers Meat Packing of Chicago, IL...purveyors to many of the finest steakhouses in the United States. The same superior standards apply to our fresh seafood, sourced direct from North Coast Seafood of Boston, MA., our whole lobsters, from the cold waters of Maine and our Mero Sea Bass Steaks, overnighted from Honolulu Fish Company, Honolulu, HI.

Prime Steaks/Prime Favorites

We use only the finest usda prime beef. Exclusively from consumers meat packing of chicago, il., Our beef is sourced from select midwestern farms in the "corn belt" of the united states: wet-aged, a minimum of 35 days or dry-aged, a minimum of 40 days. All of our steaks are prepared at 1100° pittsburgh - style with a charred exterior; add-ons: king crab legs - $28, lobster tail broiled or tempura fried - market price, crabcake - $16

Seafood

Ur fresh seafood is sourced direct from north coast seafood of boston, ma. Our whole lobsters, from the cold waters of maine and our mero sea bass steaks, known for their mild and sweet flavor, are overnighted from honolulu fish company of honolulu, hi.

Good food and the service was great. Yoko was our server and he was friendly and knowledgeable. Everyone works as a team to ensure a great experience for guests. Steaks were amazing and cooked to perfection.

Took my son there for his 13th birthday. Didn’t expect the server to give him a birthday card and take care of his dessert. That was a nice surprise. Everyone checked on us throughout the meal and the pace of the overall experience was great.

Our first time at the restaurant, and the occasion was our anniversary. I can’t think of a better way of spending the evening. We will definitely frequent this establishment more...had an unbelievable time!!!

We go to DC Prime for business at least once every week. We have always had a great experience, between Rick greeting everyone at the door, to the knowledgeable bar staff and the professional wait staff, we always have a reason to go back.

Outstanding meal amd service. Highly recommend. Only one small issue was that a smoking area behind the bar was a bit open and the smoke was slightly evident in the inside bar and restaurant. Wasn't terrible but hadn't noticed it on previous visits.

Waiter recommended that "medium" was more akin to "medium rare" and "medium well" was more akin to "medium" for their steaks. However, we ordered one rib eye medium well, and it was medium well. We ordered a filet "medium" and it was medium. Steaks tasted great, but we ordered the filet with the truffle butter thinking it would be melted over the steak (or at least partially). The butter was a solid cold block of butter on the steak that never did really soften or melt--unremarkable at $8 for the patty of butter. Taste of steaks was outstanding. Spinach was great. Nothing special about the baked potato. Service great. Expensive though---$265 for two people --only alcohol was a single glass of house wine.

An enjoyable meal. As a higher-end steak restaurant, it’s on par with its competitors. The prices are a bit high for the quality of the food. Service was attentive and well timed although the order was not deliver correctly (forgot this, undercooked that). The restaurant was not crowded and quiet on Friday night but there is ample seating for lots of people. I could imagine the place could be loud if even half full. There’s a bar which has several TVs. It was about half full. Parking is good and free.

This was our first visit and we were excited to try a new “date place” for our wedding anniversary. We arrived to a great hostess greeting but ultimately left pretty disappointed. The highlight of our evening was a hard working waiter Stu. He was knowledgeable and a solid pro. Unfortunately he was let down by perhaps the slowest upscale kitchen in northern VA. Our apps took nearly 25 minutes to arrive and it only got worse from there.

My wife had the pumpkin swordfish from the specials, and I likewise had the bone in filet, also a special. These dishes took every bit of 60 mins to arrive from time of order, (and 90 mins after arrival) and the beef arrived somewhat cool.

Stu the waiter apologized multiple times throughout the evening for slow food arrival, but clearly this was beyond his control. Worth mentioning there were plenty of open tables and for a weeknight the place seemed slow.

In terms of taste, the swordfish was tender with good flavor. Unfortunately my wife had pretty much lost her appetite and we took majority home. The filet was very average, and candidly at $79 one of the most over-priced cuts I have ever had. That is was late and barely warm really made it a major disappointment. Sides were solid, brussel sprouts and loaded potato, but for a $275 meal they should be.

Would have been nice to be offered a free drink for the extended wait, or even a visit from manager but it was us and Stu. While I would like to say we will try again, Coopers Hawk is half the price, and Morton’s and Mon Ami never seem to disappoint. Sorry DC Prime, had hoped you would be better.

Where do I begin? Second time to this restaurant. First time was decent. This time, not so much. Let's start out with the fact that nobody came to our table for nearly 15 minutes. My husband and I were ready to walk out. Finally, someone came up and indicated that they had just been informed that our table was assigned to him. The server was very apologetic (probably not his fault, but management's). In fact, what appeared to be a manager donned in his managerial dark suit surveying the room from the hostess stand looked in our direction numerous times, but apparently, he was not observant enough to see that we had our arms folded across our chests, a grimace on our faces, no water glasses filled, no drink in our hands, a table set for four with two people guest only staring down at the 3rd and 4th place setting, no bread at the table, no nothing. Frankly, clueless. He must have looked at us 6 times and did nothing. And like I said above, the server finally appeared. And I felt bad for him because he was probably unprepared to take on yet another table. He was pleasant at least. So let's talk about the meal itself. The shrimp cocktail was very good. And thank goodness it was, as my entree, the Ahi Tuna Steak was not. A) it was super cold, super fatty, and tasteless. B) the sauteed spinach was overwrought with garlic; a little goes a long way. My husband's steak was good; he had no issues there, but he too, was just so disappointed in the service in general. And for the whopping price of two appetizers, two entrees (we brought our own wine - $35 corkage fee), it was still 200 hundred dollars. That's substantial for sub-standard service and mediocre food. I often have said that I would rather have great service and mediocre food, then terrible service and great food. Dining out should be a pleasant experience and not meant to make you feel as though you are invisible or imposing. Will not give them a third try.

The food is excellent, and you get plenty of it. I ordered a salad and it was enough for 4 people! Our server, Stu, was perfect. But the prices! I won't go here often because it's just SO expensive. $39 for a single lobster tail, for example. The side dishes are big enough to share with 4+ people. I had a crab cake which was delicious and moderately priced. Someone else ordered scallops, and it came with a huge bowl of pasta, mushrooms and cream sauce (none of which was listed on the menu) - if I had ordered that dish, I would have sent it back because I don't do dairy. So, ask lots of questions! Drinks are also too expensive. It's a little noisy, but tolerable - we had to raise our voices for the older folks at the table to hear us over the restaurant noise. But it's definitely worth trying, just bring plenty of money with you!

Better than the first time I went. This time the server was more attentive. Steak was good, as well as oysters and crab cake. Side accompaniments were too salty. Dessert was fine. People at the bar were a bit loud, and also they were allowed to smoke so beware of smoke smell.

We made our second visit to DC Prime to celebrate our 47th wedding anniversary. We were greeted at the table with complimentary champagne to toast and our visit stayed excellent from that point on. Food, steaks for us seafood and steak for our friends was superb. Even better was that they came through with a bordelaise sauce that I had called ahead several days earlier to request. Fantastic! Our waiter was attentive without being intrusive and very knowledgeable about menu selections. I absolutely recommend and we look forward to a return visit soon.

Fantastic steak! I have been here twice and the steak (filet mignon and Waygu(sp?) respectively, fantastic eating!.. Calamari was less stellar than expected( too much breading-hides the squid taste in my ipinion)-- sides are tasty and shareable!... Server ( forgot her name)- she was my server both times-- very nice - attentive and personable!

Another delicious dinner with very good service ! We sat close to the kitchen and didn’t notice any smells or fumes from the ( cigar ) smoking area. Thank you DC Prime , we look forward to our next meal !

The experience was neither good nor bad. We found the service to be exceptional but the food was not spectacular for the cost. The steaks were cooked perfectly, but we were simply not a fan of the Pittsburgh style cooking. While this establishment is closer to home, I think we will continue to venture out to Arlington and Washington, DC for steaks going forward.

This place is AMAZING! When my fiancé and I first went we had the BEST waiter not sure his name but he has a beard and let me tell you he knew his stuff! Ever since then( which was a week ago) we have been back twice and have another reservation this weekend. The food is great the service( from my favorite server) is amazing as well as the atmosphere. I would highly recommend this place! Oh wait not to mention the Waygu, totally to die for!!!!

I ordered a $90 bottle of wine and the waiter substituted it with a $165 bottle of the same brand without telling me of the additional cost. After objecting to the inflated bill, he adjusted it but never offered an apology. I wrote to management and have not yet received a response